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Hurley has a moat, one of the oldest inns in the country, some of the most beautiful houses in southern England and an awful lot of water. A watery Eden on the banks of the Thames, it is a village with much to lose from the floods.

Yet in this hamlet, clustered around and within an ancient monastery, there is an acceptance of the fate that awaits. “It is tense,” Cindy Burrowes said as she stood next to the moat in her garden that is almost indistinguishable from the nearby river. “We are all on standby. Everybody pulls together if

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